THE SPORT OF RACING

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12038, 16 January 1925, Page 8

THE SPORT OF RACING

WELLINGTON CUP FIELD REVIEWED INVESTORS’ DIFFICULT TASK GENERAL NOTES AND COMMENTS

racing fixtures SEASON 1825-25 ' ' •Tan. i7-rßay of IsUnds* R.-C. Annual. .Tan. 17—WaifidYTiC. Aniinal. Jan. 21 and 22—Foxton R C. Annual. Jan. 26, 22 and 24—Wellington R.C. Sum- • mer. • ; ■ - • Jan.- 28- and 26—Pahiatua R.C.“ Annual. Jan. 29 and .31--'Tnkapuria J.C. Summer. Feb. 4—Tapanui‘R.C.'Annual. Feb. 4 and Frfrjnont R.C. Summer. Feb. 5 and 7—Gisborne R.C. Summer; Feb.. 12 arid 14—Dtfnediri J.C. Autumn. Feb. 12- and l4—Tai-anriki J.C. -Autumn. Feb. 13 and 14— Fdverty Bay ; Turf Club j Summer./ \ Feb. 25 and J.C. Autumn.' Feb. 26 and 28—Nelson. J.C. Annual. I March A arid s—Dannevirfce JR.C.' Autumn. March 5 and 7—Marl.bor.9ugh R.C. Sum- . mer,, - . • , , - April 11; 13, 15 and 18—Australian J.C. Autumn. NOMINATIONS. ' . •Tan. R.C. Summer. Jan. 16r—Gisborne R.C.-Summer. . Jan. 23—Poverty Bay Turf Club Summer. Jan. 26—Taranaki 'J.C. Autumn. Feb. 6—Nelson J.C Annual. ‘ Feb. JX>. * Autumn. Feb. 17 —Marlborough.R.C. Summer. Feb. 17—Bannevirke R.C. Autnron. HANDICAPS. /’ • Jan. 16—Takapuna R.C. Annual. Jan. 24 —Gisborne R.C Summer.’ Jan, 26—Dunedin J.C. Autumn. Jan. 26—Egmont RJC. Summer. Feb. I—Povertyl—Poverty Bay Turf Club Summer. Feb..* 6—poverty Bay T.C. Summer. Feb. 6 —Taranaki J.C. Autumn.. Feb, 13—Nelson J.C. Annual. Feb. IS-rWoodyille J.C. Autumn. Feb. 23—Danneyirka * R.C. Autx^mn. Feb, 27—Marlborough, R.C. Summer. acceptances. Jan.’ZlrtPahiatna : R.C. ■ Annual. . ‘ “ Jan. 23—Takapuna. J.C. Summer. s : - Jan. 28—Tapanui R.C. Annual. Jan. 36—Egmont ,R;C. Summer. Jan. ,30—Gisborne • R.C. Summer. ■ Feb. 67-D’unedin J.C. Autumn. Feb. 7—Taranaki J.C. Autumn. Feb. > 9—Poverty Bay,Turf. Club Summer. Feb. J.C., Autumn. Feb. 20—Nelson J:C. Annual. Fpb. 27—Danrievi,rke R.C. Autumn. March 2—Marlborough R.C. ■ Summer. . FORFEITS.. Jan. ,26-rTarunaki J.C Eleventh Taranaki' Stakes. . . 4 . r ./ SUBSCRIPTIONS. Feb. .14—Taranaki J.C. Eleventh Tara- , " naki Stakes. ' FINAL PAYMENTS. Jan. 29—TakapunV Cup (at post). ; Fes>. 6—Dunedin J.C. S Champagne Stakes. NOTES • AND COMMENTS ’ - ■ ■ - ■ (By ‘‘Carbine.’-’) ' ■ Since her return' tp- Greenmeadows / from Ellerslie jGtold Light has beeni getting, through useful work, and will fcfwfy. the..cOnhdonce: pf ithe.'majo'.rity Of Hawke’s Bay sportsmen in the Wellington Cnp. - , The Southland .trainer. F. W. Ellis, is bringing Listening Poet and Geranial north for this Wellington Racing Club’s meeting ‘.next: week. Ljetening Post, accbiding' to .southerners, may be a winner on; the trip, Ricearton stables -are represented-in seven races on the first day?of the Wellington meeting by a total of seventeen" while a few others will mat-e the trip for engagements later in the week.' Of the - field; that took part in the Wellington Cup last year, Gold Light, Sunar.t, Limelight, . Muraahi,' Merry Day, Bonnetter, and Mantuft will be on the scene again next ! week. - -J. ’O’Shea will have the mount on Dno in the Anniversary Handicap, and will ride' Haiti in the Eitzherbert Handicap. ' \ R.‘ Ellis has made arrangements to race Finora at the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting next week.. The sister to Will Oakland srowpd greatly . improved form the last time she raced, and southerners think she may show up in .hack sprint events at the Trentham fixture. ; -, ' ' In the spring Mmketoon Bst 81b. heat Gold Light 9st 91b by a bead in the Wellington Handicap, and now. with a furlong further to travel, Gold Light meets the imported horse on a pound worse terms. . The 'Licensing the Conference Committee,, and the Constitution Committee of the Racing Conference. will' meet,, in Wellington during race week. Pilliewinfeie continues td o-et through useful tasks (says the Christchurch “Star”'!: • He has no engagements on the first da.v of the. Wellington Racing Club’s meeting, and R,* W. King Is still undecided about going north for the second and third davs. If he makes the trip .be .will delay his departure until next week. , ' Moo Hand has not nuite thrown off the lameness which affected, him at, t-he Runedin meeting, , and R. hiTietscn still has'Him on the easy list. He will not .he, racing at Trentham next. week.. . Count CaVofir ha.‘ made a good recovery from -the slight, mishap that occurrd to him, oh hie ‘wry. hornri from Auckland.., r T.'HV Gillett-has him in work again', ‘and;'will, get him ready for engagements . ahead,- commencing with the Dunedin- Cup meeting next month. ' * Sir George ■ Oiiford : has sold the three-year-old .Hungry'Hill, by Bezonian—Heatherbra'e, to a, Wairarapa sportsman. Hungry Hill lists not done much racing; but a’ win over, a mile at the' spring' meeting of the. Canterbury Jockey Club showed’him to be a very promising hack. . : Many'Kittle, who has .been, off the, scene for several months', lias been taken in hand again-by R. W. King, and he will be got ready to race in the aututnn, when, he may get ' soft tracks to suit him. The Trentham trainer, J. -W. Lowe, has nominated -Jubilance and Star Ranger at the Dunedin Jockey l Club’s meeting next mbnth. The ' nominations' for the Dunedin Cup number fifteen/ from whom a good, field could be drawn, but with Baldowa, Footfall, Giantkiller, Moorland, Mourn

tain Lion, and Star Ranger engaged in oth£r events On the saue day, there may be a serious weeding out. George Jones, with Mr T. H. Lowry’s team, is quartered at Woodvillq, and from all accounts is likely to remain there. Probably . the fact that Mr Lowry has not been able to obtain suitable quarters at Greenmeadows for his representatives lias been the cause of Jones taking up residence at Woodville, where Mr Lowry’s horses were formerly trained by ,F. Davis. For a considerable time Diamond ' Ring has suffered from a form of “greasy heel!’ (says ' a Taranaki writer), and since being taken over by owner-trainer H. Johnston has not improved, arid present indications point to the half-sister to Parisian Diamond getting an enforced spell. Having to' spell Diamond. Ring is somewhat unfortunate, as she is well sc a.so nod. At the sale of the Koatanui yearlings in February last a brother to the speedy Parody (by Absurd—Mimique) went into the ring with a damaged knee, and that stopped speculation, and the youngster went out of the ring unsold. Under the name of Mime the youngster in question won the Jhvenile Handicap at Hastings last week under the colouis of Mr W. H. Gaisford. - Of the horses, who contested the Dunedin Cup last year Loughrea (winner) and Baldowa (seoond) are engaged again in next month’s race, . as are Limelight; Deucalion, and Mantua, who were among the unplaced lot a year ago. . '' Loughrea arid Pilliewinkie have a big pull in the weights in the Hazlett Memorial Plate, *at the Dunedin meeting, as neither of them has earned a penalty (says the ‘ ‘Lyttelton Times’’). This is the present’position, which applies also to Baldowa, hut it may, be altered by a win in the meantime. Count Cavour, Red! Wink, and Moorland have all incurred the maxht mum penalty of 101 b, while Sun Up has .earned 71b. Mr Fj Armstrong of Akitio, has found it necessary owing to ill-health, to resign as president of the Hawke’s Biy Jockey Club, and at a meeting 'of the. committee , last week Mr J. H Golehourne Aas unanimously elected to the position. ‘ Although the Minister for ' Internal Affairs has granted the Te Kuiti, Rotorua, and Dargaville'Clubs an extra day for'their meetings, and has also allotted the Matamata Racing. Club a permit for a one-day meeting, it is understood that those days have only been lent to the clubs mentioned for tbs presept season. i In the Flying Handicap run at Randwick on New Year’s Day the places were filled hv the progeny of Absui-d r Quixotic (Absurd —Las Vogas) was first, Kilkenny Lass (Absurd—Pennon! seoond, arid Giggle (Absurd—'Chuckle) third. Quixotic won by a length, and a quarter in Imjn 12sec. She was sold by W. G. Stead in the spring of 1923 to her present owner, Mrs P. H. Osborne, for 1300 guineas, ■ At the recent meeting at Moorefield (New South Wales) The TLawk oarried lQst ?.lb into first place in the Hurstville Stakes, a six-furlong race. The Hawk is encaged in the Challenge Stakes of 1500 sovs at Randwick .on Saturday week. The ■ Wanganui Club .has decided- to move its judge’s box hack about 50 feet. , Avola’s next start probably will he in the Egmont Cup, next month.THE WELLINGTON CUP AN OPEN RACE. If the sixteen acceptors for the Wellington Cup there are but few whose chances do not appear reasonably good,' and bettors have a difficult task before them. Gold Light holds her place at the head of the handicap, arid she is such a good mare that if her trainer considers her well enough to win there will be many who will, not care to bet against her. Loughrea is considered by some to be one of the greatest horses New Zealand has produced; He was not at the top of his form when he raced at. Ricearton in November, but he has done a fair'amount of racing since then and should be well seasoned by now. Sunart, another of the well-weighted division! is a good-class horse, capable of carrying a big burden, and, in addition, the •big Trentham course and the long straight will suit him. . Passing from the 9st to the Bst division, we. come to several others whose prospects are excellent. First of these is Limelight. The Solferino mare is not up to big weights, and though she has a royal chance with 8.8, she. would stand a poor chance up among the topweights. She -did not go kindly at Kllerslie. but finished fast in third place in the Cup. Should she be in galloping humour at Trentham, it seems hard to pick one to beat her. Nothing definite is available as to the condition of Surveyor, but the handicapper has fiveri the old fellow a chance in putting im in with 8.8. The! distance; may be just’ a trifle far for him, blit he 1 has a chance. Muraahi. is a strong fancy, arid he will be better here than at any other period of the season. He was not quite ready at Ellerslie, but the racirig brought him on .a lot, , and he will be a very fit' horse at Trentham. Musketoon already has raced well at Trentham, and with' Roy Reed up will go well rigain. ; , ! Deucalion, Merry Day, and Bonetter have .got in at ahout a weight which has had a great run in the Wellington Cup. Deucalion has 7.12, and the.other two have 7.11. Rapine won, with 7.12, Kilmoon (7.11 V dead-heated with Oratress (7.10), Rewi Poto (7.10) deadheated with Red Ribbon, and Nobleman and Bunting both won with 7.9. Bonetter has been treated as a performer who is going, downhill, and probably the handicapper is right. Merry Day’s succession of failures has been taken into consideration, and she has been dropped a little-. She would only, need to 'return to form to run a great race under her handy impost. Deucalion also is a good enough performer to be considered at 7.12. Of the lightweights the most favoured by followers of recent form is Landslide. There appears to be no reason why Limelight. Gold Light, and Musketoon should lack favour, and of the others, Merry Day, Loutrhrea and Survevor are strong possibilities, if their condition iu ri n-hl w